1. The Pac12Nets will broadcast their 550th and final live event of the year Sunday when all seven feeds show the Stanford-UCLA baseball game from Sunken Diamond. Next year, the Pac12Nets will show 750 events, with the increase coming more from spring sports than anything else.

2. According to multiple sources, the conference offices are moving from their longtime home in Walnut Creek to the downtown San Francisco facility that houses the Enterprises unit (TV and Digital networks). One reason for the move — perhaps the reason — is commissioner Larry Scott believes housing the conference staff and Enterprise group together will improve synergy and integration. The move is expected to take place next summer.

Action: California State University trustees approve San Jose State’s plans to build a new football operations center.Reaction I: Details on the $38.5-million facility can be found here. Suffice it to say, the Vermeil-Walsh Athletic Complex, which is scheduled to open in 2015, is absolutely, undeniably, 1,000% positively vital to the future of Spartan football as it enters the Mountain West. The project was conceived of years ago by former athletic director Tom Bowen and brought home by his successor, Gene Bleymaier. But the key behind-the-scenes player has been fundraiser extraordinaire/deputy AD John Poch, who has already raised more than half the total amount needed. (The up-front money was essential to gaining CSU approval, by the way.)Reaction II: There’s no way to overstate the potential impact of the VWAC. Given the out-sized role football plays, the VWAC should, by extension, have a positive impact on all SJSU sports. Quality facilities boost recruiting, successful recruiting means winning football, and winning football means donations that help pay for everything. You could argue that it’s SJSU’s first significant facility upgrade since the late 1980s, when the Events Center and pool were built using student fees. (Since then, the Spartans have built/upgraded the baseball and softball fields and the Simpkins and Koret centers.)Reaction III: Nowhere has SJSU lagged further behind its peers than in facilities, and an institutional commitment to capital projects was essential to gaining entry to the Mountain West. For context on the importance of facilities, consider that Utah State, which is also moving to the MWC, just announced it was building a $9.5 million basketball facility — a basketball practice facility. (It will also house the volleyball team.)

Action: West Coast Conference gives three-year contract extension (through 2016-17) to commissioner Jamie Zaninovich.Reaction I: A no-brainer for the conference given what Zaninovich has managed to accomplish in six years … adding BYU and Pacific … turning the basketball tournament in Las Vegas into a sold-out, money-making event … increasing Pacific Rim exposure through ESPN international broadcasts, etc. … and his ability to find new revenue streams.Reaction II: The deal was announced last week but has been in the works for months, according to league sources. And the WCC presidents smartly provided Zaninovich with more security than a three-year deal typically carries. It’s a rollover agreement, meaning one year is added each time one year expires. If he wants to be, Zaninovich is likely to lead the WCC for a long, long time.

Action: UCLA issues statement in response to L.A. Times profile of new basketball coach Steve Alford.Reaction I: Not surprisingly, the statement by AD Dan Guerrero has generated more attention than article itself, which traced Alford’s career and was hardly a hit piece. Guerrero went so far as to call out the author, beat writer Chris Foster, in his statement — a highly unusual step. Usually in these cases, only the media organization is named.Reaction II: The Bruins complained that the article focused on Alford’s past and not on what he has done. But Alford hasn’t done anything extraordinary in his brief tenure. Yes, he hired assistant coaches and kept the roster together. But should a coach really be congratulated by the media for keeping players at one of the most prestigious programs in college basketball from leaving one of the most respected academic institutions in country? The fact that so many players left in previous years is more a knock on Ben Howland than the status quo is a feather in Alford’s cap.Reaction III: I was most interested by the revelation that UCLA officials were surprised by the questions (in Alford’s introductory news conference) about Pierre Pierce. Really? They were surprised Alford was asked about his public defense of a player accused of sexual assault? Really? The lack of anticipation/preparation/awareness on UCLA’s part is further evidence that the Alford hire was a what-do-we-do-now/semi-panic move following rejections by Smart and Stevens and any other A-listers the school pursued.Reaction IV: The bigger issue here is that UCLA’s statement served to keep the negativity surrounding Alford’s hiring in the news. That’s the last thing the Bruins should be doing. It’s in their best interest to move on, yet they accomplished the opposite.Reaction V: If Alford wins big early, this will all be forgotten. If he doesn’t, this will all serve to shorten his leash.

Action: Arizona hires former all-league guard Damon Stoudamire as assistant coach.Reaction I: Stoudamire is one of the 10 or 12 best players in Arizona’s illustrious history and one of my all-time favorite guys to cover.Reaction II: He’s also an example of something the Pac-12 needs more of: High-profile/NBA players returning to their alma maters to help attract recruits and provide a level of passion for the program that can only come from someone who played for it.